Well speakin' about VST-instruments it would be:

Metropolis Ark 1,
Albion Tundra V,
Omnisphere and
Embertone Walker Concert D FULL

 

• Arturia Buchla Easel V
• Zynaptiq UNMIX DRUMS
• Wavesfactory Cassette
• Stock FL Plugins!

 

tracks soft clipper
melda auto volume
the drop
turnado
d16 crusher and other d16
pitchfunk--all dmg
also audio damage pichshifter
to much to much

vsti
tal bassline
lush
massive or serum
absynth5
more old gold
some new gold
etc

 

actualy we could break this down into vsti ,mix vst,midi vst,audio vst etc....just sayin

 

I assume the UAD SSL Bus comp blows the the Waves version out of the water?

I'm down with that! At this point people can post whatever they feel like .

 

For me
Waves CLA 2A
VALHALLA DELAY
PRO Q3
DUBSTATION

 

Interesting and unusual list,I don't use any of these FX plugins...These ones are great creative plugins.What's exactly the Audiodamage pitchshifter's name,please?I don't know this one.

 

dev is on version4...dunno maybe 3 only thru warez
https://www.audiodamage.com/collections/software/products/ad044-discord4

 

Last edited: Jan 10, 2020

Those are not VSTis, but libraries (for the VSTi NI Kontakt). But I guess you already know that.

 

Assuming you mean four plugins to plug in to an existing DAW that we'd also be able to keep along with all of its own fx, because
plugins aren't much use without something to plug them into,
Sand, Coral, Taupe and Lift, all from Acustica.

 

I can agree with the second part.

 

I tried some Kushs and interestingly they all crashed every few minutes.

 

Congrats to the OP, this thread can figure in the short list of the very useful ones.

(Now I'm not so sure anymore...)

In order to make it even more useful - if not essential - it would be interesting to know what kind of music your mentioned plugins are dedicated to.

Speaking of libraries, we see that Kontakt is often mentioned. But to consider Kontakt as one single instrument, that's cheating! It would be more logical (and honest) to specify which libraries seem essential to you and, above all, limit yourself to say 4 or 5 libraries maximum. What do you think?

EDIT:
To summarize, I think a list like that would be really great:
- 4 Plugins
- 4 Instruments (without Kontakt)
- 4 Libraries (Kontakt is included with each library)
- For what kind of music do you use each one of these tools (or all of them) ?

 

Last edited: Jan 11, 2020

Hell yes it's cheating! I don't know if I can really pick 4 Kontakt libraries I'd limit myself to but I can pick 4 or 5 I seem to use the most often... I get a lot of mileage from LASS, NI Acoustic Strummed Guitar, Noire and... everything Hollow Sun ever made, dammit.

 

Work quicker.

A guy goes to his doctor, a fellow music recording enthusiast and asks the doc about the results of the MRI that he took the week before. The doctor's response was, "Don't use Kush Omega N in your next mix".

 

Nah,No Avenger goes to his dedicated Plugin Doctor.

 

Ah ok...I know Discord,but I was used to use it as a granular FX.

 

, bitch.

 

Oh. The cheating card?

Kontakt is (factually) still a VSTi.

Oh, look! Chocolate!

 

- Battery 4
- Diversion by Dmitry Sches
- ToneBoosters Bus Compressor
- Toneboosters Barricade

Fuck I wish I could throw in analog tape plugins from toneboosters as well but I used up my limit. I can make do with those 4...